Yelawolf is an American rapper with a net worth of $3.5 million. Born Michael Wayne Atha, Yelawolf adopted his stage name and earned his wealth through rapping contracts with Columbia and Eminem's Shady Records, to which he is currently signed. Yelawolf was born in Gadsden, Alabama where he now lives with his wife and two kids.

Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American rapper. He is currently signed to Shady Records, Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment and Interscope Records. He is currently managed by Jeremy "J Dot" Jones, after being managed on Redd Klay Entertainment.Raised in Gadsden, Alabama, Atha appeared on the reality series The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott and released his independent debut album Creek Water in 2005. Two years later, Atha signed to Columbia Records and released the single "Kickin'" from his unreleased first studio album, before being released from the label later that same year. From 2008 to 2010, Atha released an extended play and four mixtapes with Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment. Trunk Muzik, Atha's fourth mixtape, was also released by Interscope Records, as an extended play called Trunk Muzik 0-60. In 2011, Atha signed to Shady Records and his debut studio album Radioactive was released on November 21, 2011 to positive reviews. It entered the Billboard 200 at number 27.Atha was born in Gadsden, Alabama,and is of mixed Caucasian and Cherokee descent. His father left the family, and Atha was raised by his single mother until she eventually remarried. Changing many schools, he was heavily influenced by the culture in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Antioch, Tennessee; Gainesville, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. "When I lived in Antioch, they'd bus us down to the projects in Nashville to go to school and everything just started clicking with me with rap music and in life"..."I felt the connection, these kids had the same problems that I had at home," Atha stated. His major influences in music include The Doors, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Andr'e 3000 from Outkast,DMX,Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Sabbath, Stevie Wonder, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Dr. Dre, N.W.A. and Portishead among others.Atha spent a large part of his teens and early 20s all over the United States for various reasons. After getting a

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Concertgoers at a recent Yelawolf show in Minneapolis were treated to only one song after the rapper had to cut his set short. According to a tweet from Yelawolf's official Twitter account, the Alabama artist had to leave the stage on Dec. 2 after ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Yelawolf is reclined in the captain's chair as his tour bus eases through the Cascade Mountains on the way to a show in Spokane, Wash. The rapper, who hails from Gadsden, is explaining the term "Slumerican," which appears on ...

Yelawolf has issued a statement after he showed up for a scheduled concert in Minneapolis on Sunday (Dec. 3) but then bounced after one song. According to TwinCitiesMedia.net, the Shady Records artist performed one song and stormed off the stage.